THE EASTERN THEATRE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 67, 18 November 1914, Page 5

THE EASTERN THEATRE

THB RUSSIAN ADVANCE. FUGITIVES FROM EAST PRUSSIA AND SILESIA. NEARLY 100,000 REACH BERLIN, (Received 8.4 -at.m.j LONDON, November 17. Swiss newspapers state that nearly 100,000 refugees from East Prussia and Silesia have arrived :i( Berlin. I THE SIEGE OF PRZEMYSL. SORTIE REPULSED WjTIl HEAVY LOSS. (Received 8.45 a.m.) ROME, November 17. The Giornale d’ltalia’s Petrograd ccrrespcndent says that the Russian artillery and cavalry repulsed a desperate sortie from Przemysl. The Austrian losses were heavy. RUSSIANS FIGHTING TENACIOUSLY. PETROGRAD, November 17. The Russians are fighting tenaciously at Soldau and in the Neidenburg 1 istrict. The Germans are determinedly seeking to paralyse the Russian attacks along the southern frontier of Eastern Prussia. A BERLIN REPORT. RUSSIANS BADLY DEFEATED. LONDON, November 17. An official Berlin report states that (he Russian advance near Soldau was repulsed, and strong Russian forces thrown back on Plock on Sunday. The Germans have taken 5000 prisoners and ten machine guns. Several Russian Ur my corps were driven baek on Kutno. According to the latest estimates the Russians have lost 23,000 prisoners 70 guns and machine guns. SERVIAN OPERATIONS. THE POSITION SATISFACTORY. NISH, November 16. Official. —The operations of the Servian army during the last few days cannot be published on account of strategical movements. Our position and morale are satisfactory. Reported Austrian successes are untrue. THE GEEMAH RETREAT WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS AND BRIDGES. PASSAGE OF TROOPS DELAYED. BATTLE IN PROGRESS AT THE CENTRE. RUSSIAN CAPTURES AT GALICIA. LONDON, Nov. 17. (Official.) The retreating Germans destroyed railways and bridges wholesale, greatly delaying the pursuit, as they neared their own territory. Thereafter an extensive network of railways facilitated the rapid transfer of German troops against the Russian left. The movement was covered by strong detachments of cavalry from the western front and was partly reinforced by the Austrian cavalry. The German offensive has led To battles which are now in progress along the Plock-Lenczzca-Uneioff front. The Russians captured ten officers and a thousand men southward of Lysko, Galicia. POOR OF BRITAIN AND BELGIUM. CARRIAGE OF RELIEF ARTICLES. WELLINGTON, Nov. 17. The Government has decided to pay for the railage of all goods, other than frozen mutton, from local committees throughout the Dominion consigned to central committees for the poor of Great Britain, Ireland and Belgium. While it is understood that central committees have made satisfactory arrangements with shining companies for the shipment of cased goods to England, the Government desires it to be known that space will be reserved in transports shortly to leave New Zealand for as may cases of clothing as possible that the central committees may wish to forward by these ships. No perishable goods can be accepted for transportation by the troopships as there is no insulated space available. Central committees throughout the Dominion have been informd so that they may take advantage of the offer to forward clothing by these transports. BELGIUM WEEK, CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 17. The Belgium Week last week resulted in £734 being obtained by means of collections and two concerts by the Christchurch Orchestral Society. A VICTORIAN INVENTION. MELBOURNE, Nov. 1(5. Caldwell’s improved machine-gun is being submitted to the Imperial authorities.